LOCAL NAMES APPEAR ON LIST OF PRIESTS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE

The Catholic Church released a list of 188 priests and deacons accused of sexual abuse of children, and some with local ties are on the list. Among the names appearing on the list with local connections include Claude Bender, Henry Blaszczynski, Norman Connelly, Michael D’Amico, Vincent Doyle, Richard Gerbino, William Johnson, Chrles Kuhl, Dermott Lyons, Patrick Madden, Phillip Matthews, Charles McColgan, Joseph Orsini, Peter Osinski, Phillip Rigney, James Ryan, Franics Salamandra, Augustine Seidenburg, Joseph Shannon, Donald Sheehan, Walter Smith, and William Titmas. The church believes that all of these individuals were “credibly accused”.